MGIS Names Ririe in West

Salt Lake City, Utah-based The MGIS Companies Inc. named Matthew B. Ririe regional vice president of sales for group disability for the western region.

Ririe will be responsible for strategic growth of the disability block within the western region.

He joins MGIS from PricewaterhouseCoopers, where he was an associate. The MGIS sales force reports to Randall Tate, vice president of sales.

MGIS is a provider of insurance products and services specifically for physicians, and its group disability policies are backed by Sun Life Financial. The MGIS medical-professional liability insurance policies are backed by Freedom Specialty Insurance Co.